Born in 2015 · Gen Alpha
Baby names of 2015
The Social Security name files, which cover every name given to at least 5 babies, list 3,701,841 babies born in 2015: 1,785,098 girls and 1,916,743 boys. Emma and Noah were the most popular names, and 8.3% of all babies got a top-10 name, down from 9.9% in 2005. The name most tied to 2015 is Brantley: among boys, it was 13× as common that year as in the decades around it.
Quick facts
- Generation
- Gen Alpha
- Born 2013–2025
- Babies on record
- 3,701,841
- 1,785,098 girls · 1,916,743 boys
- Different names
- 19,130
- for girls, plus 14,059 for boys (5+ babies each)
- Top-10 names
- 8.3%
- of babies got one · girls 8.4%, boys 8.3%
Top 10 names of 2015
- Emma was the #1 name for girls every year from 2014 to 2018.
- Noah was the #1 name for boys every year from 2013 to 2016.
How many babies got a top-10 name?
In 2015, 8.3% of babies were given one of that year's 10 most popular names. Across all years, that share fell from 29.0% in 1935 to 7.5% in 2025.
Names that sound like 2015
These names were far more common in 2015 than in the decades around it: the multiplier compares each name's share of 2015 babies with its average share 6–25 years before and after.
| Name | Sex | Rank | Vs. nearby |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brantley | Boy | #122 | 13× |
| Jayceon | Boy | #263 | 11× |
| Iker | Boy | #190 | 11× |
| Jase | Boy | #182 | 9.3× |
| Daleyza | Girl | #236 | 9.2× |
| Bentley | Boy | #92 | 8.4× |
| King | Boy | #163 | 6.6× |
| Aubree | Girl | #79 | 6.4× |
| Kinley | Girl | #235 | 5.9× |
| Adalyn | Girl | #132 | 5.7× |
Names that peaked in 2015
Each of these reached its highest share of US babies in 2015, the high point in records going back to 1880. Rank is for 2015.
| Name | Sex | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Mia | Girl | #6 |
| Carter | Boy | #24 |
| Sofia | Girl | #14 |
| Alexa | Girl | #32 |
| Skylar | Girl | #42 |
| Jaxson | Boy | #84 |
| Kennedy | Girl | #58 |
| Madelyn | Girl | #59 |
| Ryder | Boy | #98 |
| Piper | Girl | #67 |
New to the top 1,000 in 2015
Names that made the national top 1,000 for the first time in 2015 (records go back to 1880).
Girls
- Alaia429 babies
- Royal380 babies
- Lennox379 babies
- Adilynn348 babies
- Briar336 babies
- Kalani334 babies
- Romina323 babies
- Aminah303 babies
Boys
- Canaan285 babies
- Shiloh247 babies
- Jonael232 babies
- Riaan229 babies
- Jaziel226 babies
- Avi224 babies
- Cairo223 babies
- Kashton222 babies
Where are they now?
Top-100 names of 2015 that have since dropped out of the top 1,000. Ranks are for 2015 and 2025.
Girls
- Alexa #32 in 2015 , now #1,029 in 2025
Boys
Every top-100 boys' name from 2015 is still in the 2025 top 1,000.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data